Heard in the news today that Apple’s market valuation has surpassed Exxon Mobil’s.

Any chance we’ll see dems, “activists”, or Dear Leader go after Apple’s reckless profiteering on the back of poor hunched-over texters? Or hold Apple culpable for the epidemic of deadly TWD (texting while driving)?

Let’s make it easy for them – below are some quotes taken from reaction to oil company profits in April (from this article and this one):

“While Big Oil rakes in windfall profit margins, they do nothing to ease the record-high prices facing American consumers at the pump and slowing our economic recovery,” said the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning Washington think tank.

“When BP makes billions in profits, even after the year they just had, you know it’s time to cap the gusher of tax breaks that have been subsidizing the biggest oil companies for decades,” said Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass.

“When oil companies are making huge profits and you’re struggling at the pump, and we’re scouring the federal budget for spending we can afford to do without, these tax giveaways aren’t right,” Obama said. “They aren’t smart. And we need to end them.”

Let’s take those quotes and do a global search/replace of “Big Oil”, “BP”, and “oil companies”:

“While Big OilApple Computer rakes in windfall profit margins, they do nothing to ease the record-high prices facing American consumers at the pumpthe Apple Store where the cool people hang out and slowing our economic recovery,” said the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning Washington think tank.

“When BPApple Computer makes billions in profits, even after the year they just had, you know it’s time to cap the gusher of tax breaks that have been subsidizing the biggest oil companiesshow the source code behind the tax shelters that have protected profits for decades,” said Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass.

“When oil companiesApple Computer are making huge profits and you’re struggling at the pumpwith the cost of pretty tech, and we’re scouring the federal budget for spending we can afford to do without, these tax giveawaysshelters aren’t right,” Obama said. “They aren’t smart. And we need to end them.”

Really! If $4.00 for a gallon of gas is profiteering, what is $500 for an ipad, especially when you consider the ecological cost of all the rare earth element resources needed to keep that supply chain going! It’s enough to make Al Gore take a private jet to a tropical vacation spot to give another stinging rebuke to those horrible climate deniers.